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Budget Highlights
Our friends at the NC Justice Center have compiled a comparison of the House and Senate budget proposal on various issues. Here’s a sample of some of the key issues affecting children.

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Source: AAUW Public Policy & Government Relations Dept.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LAF Plaintiff on CNN
Minimum Wage Increase Fails Despite Majority Support in Senate
Child Custody Protection Act Rears its Ugly Little Head Again
Supreme Court Does the Right Thing for Workers
Court Ruling Strengthens Domestic Violence Prosecutions
States Get Stuck with Medicare Prescription Drug Bill
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Federal Abortion Ban Case
Schedule Appointments with your Members of Congress During Recess
Americans Support Access to Information About Birth Control
Equal Pay Self-Audit
Increasing Dropout Rates?
Department of Education Announces Grants to Invest in Science and Math Education

Read More »Update on Federal Public Policy Issues

Members of the Advocacy Group of AAUW NC will be presenting the information referenced below at the July 15 AAUW NC meeting. Issues surrounding UNC… Read More »Issues surrounding policy changes and operational changes at UNC Hospitals

$95 million. That’s how much Congress wants to slash from public broadcasting’s budget for next year.  Cutting that amount will devastate many of public TV’s… Read More »A coalition needs help regarding PBS funding

Below is the link to an article listing highlights of the NC House 18.9 billion budget proposal released this week.  Look at the bullets before Tuesday and… Read More »Up to date knowledge for Advocacy Day